About the Authors

Benjamin B. Parrott

Affiliation Hollings Marine Laboratory, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Alicia Hudson

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Regina Brady

Affiliation Mercer Medical School, Macon, Georgia, United States of America

Cordula Schulz

cschulz@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BBP CS. Performed the experiments: BBP RB AH CS. Analyzed the data: BBP RB AH CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS. Wrote the paper: BBP CS.